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The Political Police Harass Independent Journalist José Luis Tan Estrada, Invoking the Social Communication Law

The agents urged the reporter to take his passport and go “on a trip,” adding that it would be best for him 14ymedio, Havana, October 10, 2024 — Independent journalist José Luis Tan Estrada was questioned this Wednesday by State Security agents in the province of Camagüey. According to his post on social networks, the … Continue reading “The Political Police Harass Independent Journalist José Luis Tan Estrada, Invoking the Social Communication Law”

The Cuban Regime Signs the Social Communication Law One Year After Approving It

14ymedio, Madrid, 5 June 2024 — The Cuban Government “officially” presented this Wednesday the Social Communication Law, signed on May 25, one year after it was approved by the National Assembly of People’s Power. The text, included in the Official Gazette with minimal changes with respect to the last draft published, is accompanied by two … Continue reading “The Cuban Regime Signs the Social Communication Law One Year After Approving It”

Cubans Will Have To Wait Until 2025 for the Access to Information Law To Come Into Force

Raúl Castro himself admitted that the regime is in no hurry to “eliminate the excess of secrecy” 14ymedio, Havana, 19 July 2024 — A request from Raúl Castro 15 years ago – “to eliminate excessive secrecy” – was cited as a leitmotiv when drafting the Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information, approved this … Continue reading “Cubans Will Have To Wait Until 2025 for the Access to Information Law To Come Into Force”

Cuba’s State Telecommunications Monopoly Etecsa Sabotages Internet to Force Customers to Pay for Long-Distance Calls

The monopoly’s revenues have plummeted from $807 million in 2020 to $128 million in 2022 14ymedio, Havana, 24 August 2023 — The poor quality of international telecommunication connections in Cuba is an ongoing source of customer frustration. What no one suspected until recently is that this is a deliberate strategy by the state telephone monopoly … Continue reading “Cuba’s State Telecommunications Monopoly Etecsa Sabotages Internet to Force Customers to Pay for Long-Distance Calls”

New Design Law Prohibits Using Cuban Symbols Without Authorization From a State ‘Advisor’

14ymedio, Havana, August 2, 2023 — Far from freeing the economy and easing state restrictions on private individuals from, the government insists on enacting laws that further control the Cuban economy. This Tuesday the Official Gazette published a decree of the Council of Ministers that regulates industrial design and visual communication in Cuba. The law, which provides … Continue reading “New Design Law Prohibits Using Cuban Symbols Without Authorization From a State ‘Advisor’”

Cuban Parliament Considers Law to Prohibit Non-State Digital Media

EFE/14ymedio, Havana, 13 December 2022 — On Monday the Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power agreed to put back the debate and final approval of the controversial Social Communication Law, an action which postpones for now the idea of illegality of non-state media. The Parliament’s president Esteban Lazo explained that the Council of State requested … Continue reading “Cuban Parliament Considers Law to Prohibit Non-State Digital Media”

Law Presented in Cuba to Require Press to Support ‘The Goals of the Socialist Society’

14ymedio, Havana, 12 July 2022 — On Tuesday, the Cuban government presented a preliminary draft of the Social Communication Law and opened, according to the official Granma newspaper, a “specialized consultation process” to support “the knowledge and study of the population regarding this norm.” The 32nd version of the law was signed on April 15, but … Continue reading “Law Presented in Cuba to Require Press to Support ‘The Goals of the Socialist Society’”

Cuba’s Decree-Law 35/21 is Incompatible with International Standards / Cubalex

(There are no subtitles for this video. Our apologies.) Presented by Laritza Diversent, Director of Cubalex, for the Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Parliament on September 6, 2021: Decree Law 35/21 is incompatible with international standards as it indirectly restricts freedom of opinion and expression in the digital context and promotes discrimination based on … Continue reading “Cuba’s Decree-Law 35/21 is Incompatible with International Standards / Cubalex”

The New Ministry of Truth is Lanched in Cuba, it is Called the Institute of Information and Social Communication

14ymedio, Havana, 24 August 2021 — The Cuban government knows that communication is the priority. After the popular protests of July, the regime has moved at full speed to pass decrees to control publications on the internet and is now trying to shake up the stagnant Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT) which, as … Continue reading “The New Ministry of Truth is Lanched in Cuba, it is Called the Institute of Information and Social Communication”

Cuban President Diaz-Canel Misinforms, Comparing Cuba’s Decree-Law 35 with European Legislation

14ymedio, Havana, 19 August 2021 — The Government is up in arms against the criticism raised by Decree-Law 35, which is intended to penalize false news in Cuba, its dissemination and the publication of “offensive messages or defamations that harm the prestige of the country”. The slogan now is to allege that there are countries … Continue reading “Cuban President Diaz-Canel Misinforms, Comparing Cuba’s Decree-Law 35 with European Legislation”

Cubalex Lawyers Give Their Opinion on Decree-Law 35, Recently Approved by Cuba’s Council of State and Council of Ministers

CUBLEX, 7 August 2021 — On August 17, Decree-Law No. 35 (DL35) was published in the Official Gazette: “On Telecommunications, Information and Communication Technologies, and the Use of the Radioelectric Spectrum” and Resolution 105 “National Action Model for the response to Cybersecurity incidents.” What are the implications of these new rules? Do they criminalize freedom … Continue reading “Cubalex Lawyers Give Their Opinion on Decree-Law 35, Recently Approved by Cuba’s Council of State and Council of Ministers”

Law Goes into Effect Expanding Control of Cuban State Over the Internet and Social Networks

14ymedio, Havana, 17 August 2021 — Giving voice to false news in Cuba, disseminating it, publishing offensive messages or defamations that harm “the prestige of the country” will be a crime when Decree-Law 35 goes into effect on Wednesday; the law will penalize “ethical and social or incidents of aggression” on social media. With the … Continue reading “Law Goes into Effect Expanding Control of Cuban State Over the Internet and Social Networks”

More than a Hundred SNet Users Protest in front of the Communications Ministry

14ymedio, Havana, August 10, 2019 — On Saturday morning more than a hundred people met in a park in front of the Communications Ministry to peacefully protest new legislation on  wireless networks that they believe will prevent operations of SNet (Street Network), the largest wifi network in Cuba. “I’m in the park. We are waiting … Continue reading “More than a Hundred SNet Users Protest in front of the Communications Ministry”

SNET Administrators and Users Use Twitter to Demand Change in Cuban Law

14ymedio, Havana, 24 June 2019 — SNet administrators and users are participating in a Twitter protest this Sunday to demand that Cuba’s Ministry of Communications (Micom) make changes in the new resolution that allows the network’s operation to continue. The organizers have asked that messages be sent with the hashtag #YoSoySNet (I Am SNet) this Sunday, … Continue reading “SNET Administrators and Users Use Twitter to Demand Change in Cuban Law”

Cuban State Telecommunications Company Used to Accuse Challenger in Brazil’s Presidential Elections of Drug Trafficking / 14ymedio

14ymedio, Miami, 25 January 2017 – The services of the Telecommunications Company of Cuba (ETECSA) were used to attack Brazilian Congressman Aécio Neves, when he ran for president against Dilma Rousseff, as reported Wednesday by the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo. Neves, a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy party, began a judicial process more … Continue reading “Cuban State Telecommunications Company Used to Accuse Challenger in Brazil’s Presidential Elections of Drug Trafficking / 14ymedio”